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Taught/practised on:
THE CAIRN STRATHSPEY
(S4x32)
Roy Goldring Auld Friends Meet
1- 8
1s+2s
&
3s+4s
dance
RH
across
opening
out
to
circle
8H
round
½
way
ending 4 3 2 1 on opposite sides
9-12
4L+3L
also
2L+1L
dance
between
partners,
divide
&
dance
back
to
end Ladies facing each other for reel of 4 on side (Mens)
13-16
Ladies dance ½ reel of 4
17-24
Men
repeat
bars
9-16
passing
between
Ladies
who
are
not
their
partners
25-32
1s
cross
RH
&
cast
to
4
th
place
while
2s+3s+4s
set
&
cross
up
RH,
all
turn 2H once round
A
cairn
is
a
man-made
pile
of
stones,
often
in
a
conical
form,
and
usually
found
in
uplands,
on
moorland
or
mountain
tops,
or
near
waterways.
They
vary
from
loose,
small
piles
of
stones
to
elaborate
feats
of
engineering.
In
modern
times
cairns
are
often
erected
as
landmarks.
In
ancient
times
they
were
erected
as
sepulchral
monuments,
or
used
for
practical
and
astronomical
uses.
The
word
cairn
derives
from
the
Scottish
Gaelic
‘carn’,
which has a much broader meaning, and can refer to various types of hills and natural stone piles.
In
Scotland,
it
is
traditional
to
carry
a
stone
up
from
the
bottom
of
the
hill
to
place
on
a
cairn.
In
such
a
fashion,
cairns
would
grow
ever
larger.
An
old
Scots
Gaelic
blessing
is
‘Cuiridh
mi
clach
air
do
chàrn’,
i.e.
'I'll
put
a
stone
on
your
cairn'.
In
the
Faroe
Islands
(which
are
plagued
by
frequent
fogs
and
heavy
rain,
and
have
some
of
the
highest seacliffs in the world) cairns are a common navigational marker over rugged and hilly terrain.
